2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Understanding Industrial Distribution in Kyoto during the Edo Period Using a GIS Atlas for Masters, Craftsmen, and Merchants
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23820072
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUKAMOTO Akihiro 立命館大学, 衣笠総合研究機構, ポストドクトラルフェロー (90608712)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 歴史地理 / 近世 / 京都 / 産業構造 / GIS / 諸師諸芸 / 諸職名匠 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study is to construct a Geographic Information System (GIS) atlas formasters, craftsmen, and merchants and use this atlas to elucidate, both temporally andspatially, the transition process concerning industrial distribution and urbaninfrastructure in Kyoto during the Edo period. The GIS atlas utilizes digital archive data (images, text) on the people andresidences related to every type of profession recorded in the topography of Kyoto duringthe Edo period and includes the management and analytical functions of the GIS. Bymapping out information related to every type of profession unified through the GIS, theatlas enables a comprehensive understanding of Kyoto’s industrial distribution and theurban infrastructure that supported it during Edo period. In addition, with regard to new methodology of historical geography that uses GIS, this study contributes to the promotion and proliferation of the “Historical GIS”.
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Research Products
(10 results)
